Job vacancy: Cook, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Winwick, Warrington

Job summary

Main area

Facilties Management Catering Assistant

Grade

Band 3

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible working pattern working 5 out of 7 days on a 4 week rolling rota)

Job ref

350-TWS6449153

Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Hollins Park Hospital
Town: Winwick, Warrington
Salary: £22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/08/2024 23:59

Cook

Band 3

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be responsible for ensuring that the relevant documentation: monitoring forms, checking deliveries and all other HACCP monitoring systems are completed and filed accordingly and take corrective action where necessary
Preparing and cooking patients and retail food
Loading frozen food into a regeneration oven
Distribution of meals, provisions, and equipment within the department
To clear all customer meal items e.g., crockery, cutlery, food waste from the café area
Carry out general cleaning tasks following departmental policies and procedures.
To work flexibly and in accordance with duty rotas and work schedules
To stand in for other FMCA’s as required
To liaise and communicate effectively with ward teams and other disciplines
Assist in other areas within the catering department as and when required to meet service needs. This may involve travelling to another Mersey Care site
General cleaning of all areas associated with the catering department using materials/chemicals/equipment for the job, wearing the specified personal protective clothing and completing cleaning schedule documentation.
Responsible for practicing good hygiene and health & safety within the department in accordance with current Food Safety and Health & Safety Legislation.
Ensure a high standard of personal hygiene by wearing clean and protective clothing in accordance with food safety legislation and health & safety policies
Collection, removal, and disposal of waste material in line with the Trust Waste Management policy including cleanliness of waste receptacles.
To attend Food Safety Training to include Induction, Annual Food Hygiene Refresher Training, Trust Mandatory Training as and when required.

As part of this role you may be required to work in the on site café and drive a Trust vehicle with emergency food supplies to other Mersey Care sites

Front of house:

Serving customers in a polite and friendly manner
Handling cash and operating the cash register.
Maintaining and clearing the used crockery and cutlery in the restaurant.
Cleaning tables and service areas within the restaurant area.
Replenishing condiments, confectionary and drinks in the restaurant.
To assist in preparing venues for hospitality events.

Vending:

To fill and rotate stock Trust owned vending machines on a daily basis.
To remove, count and document cash takings from trust owned vending machines

Person specification

Qualifications

Desirable criteria

NHS experience and training in safety, health and catering CIEH Foundation Certificate level 2/Intermediate in Food Hygiene, or equivalent.

Knowledge / Expereince

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in a similar catering role
Experience of working in the NHS.
Experience of dealing with people/patients
Experience of working in a multi-skilled environment
Previous experience within this type of role is desirable although full training will be given.

Skills

Essential criteria

Able to function as a member of a team and support the management objectives of the department and Trust.
Able to deal with requests from service users, managers and staff in a friendly and helpful way.
Flexible.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
Able to carry out manual tasks.

Desirable criteria

Able to maintain accurate records.

Values

Essential criteria

Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
High professional standards
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet
Change oriented

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.

We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: David Russell
Job title: Deputy Catering Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01925664137

List jobs with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Support Services or all sectors

Apply online now Alert me to similar vacancies

Find jobs in...

Featured jobs:

Assistant Professor in Dietetics

Location: Sutton Bonington

Salary: £40,521 to £56,021 per annum (pro-rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Closing date: Thursday 8 August 2024.

Applications are invited for the above post from UK registered Dietitians (or those eligible for registration). This offers an exciting opportunity to be involved in the dietetic education at the University of Nottingham and would be suitable for candidates with prior experience in higher education or practicing Dietitians who wish to embark on such a career. Applications are particularly welcome from those who have recent experience of working in public health or associated areas.

The post is based within the Division of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics in the School of Biosciences. The School offers a four-year integrated undergraduate Master’s degree in Dietetics and Nutrition (MNutr) leading to eligibility to apply for registration in dietetics with the Health and Care Professions Council. The Division also delivers other Nutrition-related degrees, including a three-year BSc degree in Nutrition, which has been accredited by the Association for Nutrition, and a BSc in Food Sciences and Nutrition. In addition, we also offer a MSc in Clinical Nutrition, as well as MSc in Nutritional Sciences.

The successful candidate will be expected to predominantly contribute to the teaching and related administration of a number of modules within the programmes associated with our dietetics associated degrees, but they will also make contributions to our nutrition-related degrees.

Current registration as a Dietitian in the UK (or be eligible for such registration) is an essential requirement for the role. A postgraduate qualification in teaching (or equivalent) and/or a higher degree (PhD or Masters) in dietetics or healthcare management are desirable.

This is a full time (36.25 hours), permanent position. Job share arrangements may be considered.

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Learn more about the university commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe and we want to make your transition to living in the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page to find out more.

Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.

Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist or Psychological Therapist

We are excited to offer this opportunity to work as a Skylight Psychologist in our West London service based in Brent. Working as part of a wider team of Clinical Psychologists in Crisis you will be an integral part of the local Skylight team, leading on psychologically informed practice and delivery of psychological services.

This role brings a real opportunity to be creative and flexible in our approach to working psychologically with people who face multiple disadvantages, and to support the staff teams via training and reflective practice. There are opportunities to provide direct support as well as working extensively with local teams and other parts of the organisation to influence policy and practice developments.

We are looking for someone with post qualification experience of working within complex systems and you may have direct experience of working with people who experience homelessness. As we have grown as a service, the team is also able to support more newly qualified Psychologists via our preceptorship program, and so we are pleased to also offer this as a development post.

Please click for more information.

Job summary

Employer heading

Cook

Band 3

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Desirable criteria

Knowledge / Expereince

Desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Values

Essential criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Find jobs in...